Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-06-23
Why ISnatius DonneIly Believes
Bacon Wrote Slsakespeare's
PLAYS.

Esza9ins Doaaslly ia North Anssrs1a Re-
w~
The traditions that havz come
down 70 rs concerning Shakespeare
do not, any OF them, point 70 the
habits Of a scholar or q gentleman
The first glimpse We have o. the tami
~ vas when John Shakespeare his
father, sas fined twelve p@no, in
1852, for maintaining "a conspicuous
sterQuinariun before his house n
Henley The first tradi-
tlon se hare ~e5acernin. Shakespeare
himself i that OF an ale drinking con-
test with the "BAiford topeG, while
yet a young man. IN which be became
so beastly drunk that be could not
reach home, bat slept all night By the
road SIDE. We are told that be was
q deer stealsr. and g7Ten 20 all "maa-
ner OF H~nluckyness. and that Sir
Thomas Lacy had him OFT imprsson-
ed and whipped" The LAST ira
dition ne hayeof HIM Is tina. his death
wasths result OF q drinking bout with
Drsyton and Ben johnson. Nsitherhis
father or mother could read or write
and HaIliEea2 Phillips doubts il there
vas q book IN the house OF his par
snts- There l. no reference TO any
book or papers IN Shakspeayss viii.
HIS daughter Judith signed her name
with q cross Imagine the daughter
OF Herbert Spencer or William Z.
Gladstone lard the author OF the
plays was a greater, wiser, and more
learned man than either OF them un-
able TO read or write It Is uncoa-
ceiyable.
Shakespeare himself never claimed
the plays. He did not put his name
on the tItieleaf of any Of them. for
the name on the titleleaf is In every
case William Shakespeare. very often
printed with q hyphsn, thus. Shake
speare. while the three signatures 10
his vii and two Others 10 legal IN
strnments, these being the only auto
graphs we have OF him. are in each
cas- spelled Shakspere, which must
have ben pEcnounced Shzckspe-u
And this seems 10 hare been the Sc
copied pronunciation IN StratEord. In
the records % the town uousi! the
name of ~Snaksperes father oa,uH
196 times. and IN not one instance i
II spelled Shakespeare. 1t i given as
schaeSspr. s~hackesFer, Shaksper.
shaxPaare andshaxper. In the poets
marriage bond tits "~Sha-pc-
Bacon6s dearest friend. Sir Tohis
Matthew, was undoubtedly in his s
cret- Sir Tohle writes Bacon a letter
IN acknowledgment OF the gift o "a
great and noble token. supposed TO
be the Shakespeare folio OF 1928. aud
be adds this postscript.
This 0 prodi2loas wit that ever
4 knsw. OF my nation OF this side Of
the sea- is 9t your lorsshiD's name
though he be knoNE by smother.
Bacon IN the sixthbook of ~De Aae-
mentis." SAYS.
As for writing. Il Is reformed either
by the common alphabet which s
used by everybody. or by a Sesret and
private one, agreed upon by particular
persons, which they ca!l cipkes.
That Is to say. n cipher Is a secret
alphabet. And we end Bacon cora
spending with Sir Tobie. and referring
TO works OF his recreation" and 20
works of the ALPHABET Andt hen.
about the time the Shakespeare solio
OF 1923, ia which, be il remembered
q the plays appear for the first
time, As to be published, ne find Bacon
writing to Sir Tobie that it is time 10
put the alphabet IN a frame. What
was the frame. The folio-for L shall
show that the cipher depends on the
paging OF the folio, and the paging Is
as a frame TO the text